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2. B. h. henguellensis : Southern Angola. This form I have not 

 seen. It is said to be the darkest of all the races of this species. 



3. B. h. centralis: The highlands of Kenya Colony from the 

 Kikuyu area and Mount Kenya to Mount Elgon, and the Kivu 

 district of the eastern Belgian Congo, and reappearing again in 

 Cameroon. This form is said by Neumann ^^ to resemble the nom- 

 inate form and dbyssimous but to have the black streaks on the lower 

 throat more distinct ; the upper parts slightly less rufous, more olive ; 

 the sides and flanks also more olive-brown. I have seen one specimen 

 from Mount Elgon and one from near Fort Hall (Wambugu) and 

 find that the character of the throat streaks does not hold at all, and 

 that the dorsal coloration is darker, but not especially more oliva- 

 ceous, tlian in hrachypterus or ahyssinicus. The sides and flanks are 

 somewhat more olivaceous. Van Someren "-' writes that his series 

 from Kenya Colony and Uganda are so different from Neumann's 

 type that he is "inclined to think that they must belong to another 

 race, especially as Kivu birds are not usually like Nairobi ones, and 

 these birds are very local ! However, until a series is obtained from 

 Kivu, one cannot decide the question." He admits that Neumann's 

 type was a very much abraded specimen, as was also another from 

 Escarpment, which Neumann also called centralis^ while van 

 Someren's birds are in fresh plumage. 



4. B. h. abyss? ni Gits: Southern Ethiopia (Harrar and Aletta) west 

 to Lake No on the Upper White Nile, Sudan. I have not seen any 

 Sudanese birds, but I cannot help but question the identity of the 

 specimens from there. It would not be surprising if they were just 

 as close to centralis as to typical ahyssinicus. This race is slightly 

 darker and smaller than hrachyptetms. 



The present specimen is in somewhat worn plumage. Its measure- 

 ments are ns follows: Wing, 59; tail, 64; culmen from base, 15.5; 

 tarsus, 22 mm. 



BRADYPTERUS CINNAMOMEUS (Ruppell) 



Sylvia f {8aUca7-ia) cinnamomea Ruppexl, Neue Wirbelthiero, za der Fauna von 



Abyssinien gehorig, etc., Vogel, p. Ill, pi. 42, 1840: Eutschetqab, Simien, 



Ethiopia. 

 Specimens coixected: 



2 males, Arussi Plateau. 9,000-9,200 feet, Ethiopia, February 24-28, 1912. 



1 female. Malke, Sidamo. Ethiopia, March 3. 1912. 



1 male, 1 female, Escarpment, 7,390 feet, Kenya Colony, September 7-10. 

 1912. 



The systematics of the cinnamon swamp warbler have been investi- 

 gated by a number of workers, and a number of racial forms have 



"^Bull. Brit. Orn. riub. vol. 21. p. 55. 1908. 

 ""Nov. Zoo!., vol. 29. p. 230, 1922. 



